LCC baseball sweeps Seward County, defeats Garden City

The Lamar Community College baseball team picked up three wins to improved to 8-1.

The ’Lopes won two at Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kans. on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Lamar completed a suspended game against the Saints and won 4-2 in nine innings. The second game was a scheduled nine inning game with the ’Lopes winning 7-5.

On Wednesday, Feb. 22, LCC defeated Garden City, 15-7, in a nine-inning game in Garden City, Kan. In suspended game against Seward County, the scored was tied at 2-2 after eight innings.

Lamar scored two runs in top of the ninth to earn the victory.

David Leblanc had pitched 3 1/3 innings and Mark Hendrick and throw 4 1/3 innings when the game was suspended.

Dillon Mortiz pitched 1 and 1/3 innings to earn the win. He gave up one hit and struck out three.

Seward out hit Lamar, 9-3. Yost went 2-for4 and delivered a game-winning two-run home run in top of ninth.

In the second game, Seward pounded out 11 hits while LCC had seven hits but it was enough for the 7-5 victory.

The Saints led the game, 5-2, after six innings when the ’Lopes rallied with five runs in the top of the seventh that was highlighted by a three-run home run by Jackson Gooch.

Four pitchers saw duty for LCC. Craig Cook started and worked 5 1/3 innings and gave up five runs (three earned) on seven hits. He had four strikeouts.

Casey Christiansen pitched 2 2/3 inning and picked up the win. He allowed no runs on three hits with two strikeouts.

In the ninth inning, Austin Watson threw 1/3 of an inning for one out. He gave up one hit.

Dillon Mortz pitched 2/3 of an inning and got two outs for the save.

At the plate, Ben Lahn went 2-for-4 and Gooch 2-for-5 with his home run and four RBIs.

In the 15-7 victory over the Garden City Broncbusters, the ’Lopes unleashed a 21-hit attack.

LCC took a 4-0 lead after the first inning and never looked back from there. The ’Lopes added two runs in the second, one run in the fifth, two runs in the sixth, three runs in the seventh, two runs in the eighth, and closed with one run in the ninth.

Jake Klack led Lamar at the plate going 4-for-5. Jesse Porras went 3-for-4, Vincenzo Fresquez 3-for-5,and Mitch Robinson 3-for-6 with a home run and 3 RBI’s.

Matt Forsyth started on the mound for LCC and earned the win. He worked 2 2/3 innings and allowed five runs (one earned) on five hits with one strikeout and two walks.

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